As of December 1st 2003, the military casualties left by the war in Iraq on the Coalition, conformed by United Kingdom, Ukraine, Spain, Poland, Denmark, and United States mainly, averaged thirteen men per week in a two hundred eighty three-day-period that started on March 20th of the same year leaving 525 deaths accounting 440 of them to the US. Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF), as the US Government called the major conflict campaign in Iraq, comprehended of only 42 days, generating the death of one hundred thirty nine US soldiers. Even though OIF officially ended on May 1st, the military operations in this Middle Eastern country are still being held in order to keep peace to ensure the reconstruction of an Iraq shattered by decades of war and embargo while Saddam Hussein's Regime was still on the power. By the time, many US citizens expect to see the results of the campaign in Iraq, and have the 130,000 US troops back home. Although the objective of OIF was accomplished by the Coalition when this gained control of Baghdad, the major objective of the war is still not achieved. For this reason, the military presence of the US, and the rest of the Coalition is critical in order to confirm the dissolution of Hussein's regime and the creation of a democratic government so that this will still no longer represent a threat of national security not only to the US but to the World.
Even though a war is not always the answer to all the conflicts, in this case this became the last option when the diplomatic avenues were exhausted as Iraq did not comply with the United Nations" resolution of disarmament threatening with serious consequences. With the UN trying to solve the conflict diplomatically by inspecting Iraq's territory in the search of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), the Iraqi government did not cooperate the way it should leaving doubts about their denial of the existence of WMD.
War is a conflict between countries thru the use of arms. ... This world needs peace and unity. ... How can we have peace all over the world if we ourselves don't have peace in us? ... By making peace with our family members, classmates, schoolmates, and teachers; peace will make its way. These are my opinions, these stuff have been going thru my mind since the attacks happened. ...
Thru my writing I will introduce you to its wonder. ... A French Cardinal named Jean de Villiers de la Groslaye commissioned the Pieta in 1498. " The historic contract for the Pieta, dated August 26, 1498, says: Let it be known that the most Reverend Cardinal of San Donigi [the name of his titular church] has thus agreed with the master Michelangelo, sculptor of Florence, to wit, that the said master shall make a pieta of marble at his own cost; that is to say, a Virgin Mary clothed, with the dead Christ in her arms, of the size of a proper man, for the price of 450 golden ducats of the pap...
When the United States has to switch from keeping the peace, to actually enforcing it under arms, which is when the likelihood of a disputes reaction will spillover into retaliation by the parties involved that think we do not belong or are in the wrong. ... A renewed cease-fire in July 1997 allowed the peace talks to continue, and an accord was finally reached in April 1998. ...
The International Labor Organization (ILO) and the UN stipulate that by 2006, the number of individuals held in slavery worldwide was estimated at 12-27 million, surpassing any earlier numbers, including the 16 thru 19th century slave trade of the Trans -Atlantic (Salett, 2006). ... Jok (2001) observes that the Baggara were better armed than the Dinka as the former received government aid in purchasing of arms from the neighboring civilian-war that hit the country of Chad. One such support was by allowing some members of the Baggara tribe to enlist in the Sudanese military and once the men de...
Terrorism and Globalization: Is Terrorism a Part of Globalization? In the world today, there is a growing trend in violence, both domestically and internationally, in the form of terrorism. It is present in our everyday lives and in every part of the world "some more than others. Terrorism takes on many forms and has had an impact on all our lives in one way or another. Whether it affected us directly with the loss of a loved one or an incident we were a part of, or indirectly by heightened security at the airports causing delays, sudden drop in a stock values we own, or emotion...
